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An essential narrative of American history, with a focus on core learning objectives in the text and online.

The leading narrative history that students love to read, now made more relevant and accessible.

The best-selling storytelling approach with more support for student success.

"For the Record : A Documentary History of America, sixth edition, by David E. Shi and Holly A. Mayer is an American history reader. The reader's contents are made up of primary source documents which include dairies, journals, newspaper articles, speeches, government documents and novels"--Provided by publisher.

This two-volume overview covers American history from the original British colonies to the dawn of the twenty-first century.

With more than two million copies sold, America remains the leading narrative history survey text because it's a book that students enjoy reading. The Tenth Edition is both more relevant, offering increased attention to the culture of everyday life, and more accessible, featuring a reduced number of chapters and a streamlined narrative throughout.For the Record: A Documentary History features nearly 250 primary source selections, both textual and visual, drawn from a broad range of government documents, newspapers, speeches, letters, novels, and images. A revised table of contents reflects the structure, organization, and emphasis on the culture of daily life found within America: A Narrative History, Tenth Edition, for which editor David Shi also serves as the author. The Sixth Edition's selections are heavily informed by instructor feedback, resulting in a text rich with the pieces that historians prefer to assign, and, at just $10 net additional per volume when packaged with any edition of America, For the Record is available at an unbeatable value.

The best-selling storytelling approach with more support for student success.

The most accessible collection of primary sources available.

Japan's stunning metamorphosis from an isolated feudal regime to a major industrial power over the course of the nineteeth and early twentieth centuries has long fascinated and vexed historians. In this study, David L. Howell looks beyond the institutional and technological changes that followed Japan's reopening to the West to probe the indigenous origins of Japanese capitalism.

For the Record features 264 primary-source selections--both textual and visual--drawn from a broad range of government documents, newspapers, speeches, letters, and novels. In the Seventh Edition, timely new selections on immigration allow students to better understand the issues of today. For The Record remains an incredible value as a stand-alone and is also the perfect companion reader for the America family of books by co-editor David E. Shi.